paradisa | 005 ₪

[ This past month has been a trying one all the way around, culminating in her fighting with a werewolf shortly after hearing someone else she was attached to had left. Now, another had followed them. And Arya, she's still trying to wrap her mind around the change in her. The one she loved and trusted more than anyone here, and she couldn't do anything to help.

It's been a few days, but she's finally found her way back to the castle. She's fallen into old habits; in that it looks like she hasn't showered since she left the castle last and her clothing is caked with dirt and claw marks in the chest of her sweater. So, where does a lonely vampire kid go to gather her thoughts? Why, the roof, of course! Rather than dictate, she pens in a few filters. ]

[ If she's talked to you more than once, you're a friend. ]

Be careful in the woods.

[ Allen ]

How is your trip going?

[ Team Vampires ]
[ Oh, this is all kinds of awkward for her. It's taken her months to decided that this might be a good idea. Even then, it's only a might. ]

If any of you are willing..

[ The journal picks up a sigh, then she sets the pen aside to dictate instead. If she wanted to meet any of them, she had to speak up and stop being so distrusting. ]

If any of you are willing, I'd.. like to meet you. I won't take a lot of your time, but I do have a few questions.

[ Lana | Action ]
[ After mulling over various things for a good hour and a half, she begins a trek to her final destination before sunrise; Lana's place. Truth be told, she's not even sure why she decided on Lana but some of it probably has to do with wanting to continue giving Arya her space.

After two false starts, she eventually knocks on her door. ]

[ooc Over the journal, or action if any night owls are out and about.]

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It was the same with me. I don't think he likes it when someone's as strong as he is.

Where are you now? I wanna come see you.

It's better if you stay away.

Why would you say that? If you got hurt, someone should take you down to the clinic to get looked at. Whatever's happened, it can't be any worse than what I've seen back home, trust me.

[Considering that he watched Skinless Man destroy his adoptive uncle's heart right in front of him, very little shocks Evan any more.]

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I wasn't hurt.

[ If she's lying, she should be an actress. ]

Did you approach it?

Now I know that's a lie. If you fought the werewolf, you got hurt. There's no way around it.

[You can't fool Evan. He Knows Stuff about werewolves.]

I did, yeah. I fought it for a little while too, but he didn't like it much when I made myself as big as he is. I can...sorta do that. I don't think I ever told you.

I'm stronger than I look.

[ A pause, as she lets all of that sink in. ]

You didn't.

Yeah? I might've figured. Seems like all of my friends are special like that.

[Rather than being confused or weirded out, Evan sounds a little excited.]

I...try not to make a big deal out of it. Or I've been trying not to, anyway. Sometimes people don't like finding out what I can do.

It ruined a sweater someone gave me, that's all.

Well, even still, I'd like to see you if I could. Even for this place, it's easy to lose track of people, and the last thing I want is to lose track of any of my friends. Besides...there's something I want you to read. I think it got left here by my cousin Jono when he was here, because I found it in the library, and it's...sort of important.

[He's found information on Clan Akkaba and Apocalypse, and has been devouring the volume, determined to become nothing like his predecessor, but he wants the people he's close to, to know where he's come from.]

[ Damn you, Evan. It takes a full minute of her staring down at the pages of the journal for her to make up her mind. Acquaintances, especially those near the age of her physical appearance, were hard to come back.

She only murmurs two words before closing the book. It wouldn't be hard to miss her, as she looks like a human mud pie. Besides, he knows what she looks like normally. ]

The roof.

[He's genuine, but he was also playing it up a little, if for no other reason than wanting to see Abby. He grabs the leather-bound book he'd found in the library, and sets out for the roof. He arrives a short time later, and a low whistle escapes him as he gets his first look at Abby.]

Wow, you must have really been wrestling with him. No offense Abby, but...you would really use a shower. Here.

[His smile seems to say that he's used to this sort of thing, and he holds out the leather-bound tome, it's cover emblazoned with a distinctive symbol.]

((Btw, best place to look for what would be in that book would be Rise of Apocalypse, Apocalypse vs. Dracula, Uncanny X-Force, and the issue of New Excalibur where Jono is repowered. If you want scans without searching, I can put them all in a .zip folder or something.))

[ She doesn't move when he appears, but she does give the tome a look as she turns it over in her hands. Despite being caked in mud, she's trying to be mindful of the binding as to not dirty it too much.

For now, she refrains from opening it. ]

What is this?

[His eyes are on his feet as he answers, and he's only just learning about everything in that book himself.]

It's the history of Clan Akkaba...and En Sabah Nur, the person...I was cloned from. I just...wanted you to know a little more about me. There's...more to me than growing up on the farm, and not all of it is good, either. Something I'm trying to make up for.

[i.e. wiping out most of his descendents after they were corrupted by Dracula, as well as the wholesale murder of hundreds of thousands of people throughout history. They weren't Evan's deeds, but he felt responsible just the same.]

[ Even though he's looking at his feet the entire time, she's taking note of his expression and the various way it changes when he talks about certain things. While she isn't sure this is a part of his life she should be delving into, she'll accept the book.

It seems to me something to him, anyway. ]

The flaws are what make a person. You live through bad things, then learn from them -- which is how you make up for them. By not making the same mistakes again.

[ She glances down at the book for a moment, then back up at him. Really, she isn't trying to be rude. It's just Abby being Abby. And maybe her way of giving him one more chance to reclaim his written past. ]

I don't have to read this to know you're a good person.

[Her words ring home for Evan, as Logan and Deadpool had said much the same to him. He looks up, a smile on his face.]

Thanks, Abby. I still think you should read it though, because...I'm just a clone, but...the original is still out there, somewhere. He's very dangerous, and very old. I've...been learning as much as I can about him, in case he ever comes back.

[He gestures to her.]

First, we should get you cleaned up. Strong or not, it's not good for you to wander around looking like death warmed-over.

[He reaches out for her to take his hand.]

[ He's eager, it seems, for her to learn of both the good and bad about him. A clone or not, he's shown her yet again that he has displayed traits that remind her of Owen. A part of that is reassuring to her, but it also stings because she misses him.

His sincerity, his inability to let her sulk and the way he approaches the matter of her hygiene. Before she can catch herself, she laughs a little and eventually claims the hand that he offered her. ]

.. If that's what you want.

Well, it's more for your own good than anything. You should want to take care of yourself, you know? I might live to be a thousand years old, but I'm always gonna take care of myself, because my Ma taught me that if you want people to see the best in you, you've gotta put your best face forward, y'know?

[He leads her back into the castle, but stops when they get inside.]

You know...I don't think I know where your room is. Care to point me in the right direction?

005 ₪

And ever!

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